Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis, brucellar arthritis and Behcets disease

Citrulline and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in rheumatoid arthritis

diagnostic value of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

objective: anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-ccp) antibodies are highly specific markers for rheumatoid arthritis (ra) and useful for predicting rheumatoid arthritis (ra) development and progression. we assessed the diagnostic value of anti-ccp antibodies in our patients with ra. materials and methods: anti-ccp antibodies and rheumatoid factor (rf) titers were determined in 247 serum sam...

Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide Antibodies and Severity of Interstitial Lung Disease in Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether serum titers of second-generation anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP2) are associated with the severity and extent of interstitial lung disease in rheumatoid arthritis (RA-ILD). METHODS In across-sectional study, 39 RA-ILD patients confirmed by high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) were compared with 42 RA without lung involvement (RA only...

Role of anti cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies in erosive disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) are a recently described marker in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), which are said to connote aggressive disease. No data on these antibodies are available from India. We undertook this study to evaluate the role of second generation anti CCP antibodies (anti CCP-2) in predicting erosive disease in Indian patients with rheumatoi...

Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies and rheumatoid factor in rheumatoid arthritis patients and relatives from Brazil.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the prevalence of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies and RF in RA patients and their relatives from Southern Brazil. METHODS Anti-CCP2 and IgM-RF were evaluated in 156 RA patients and 200 relatives. Sera from 100 healthy unrelated individuals were used as control. The anti-CCP2 was detected by ELISA and the IgM-RF using the latex agglutination test....